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田纳西•威廉斯

20.1

复习笔记

I.

Introduction

to

author（作者简介）

1.

Life（生平）

Tennessee

Williams

(1911—1983)

was

one

of

the

greatest

American

dramatists.

He

was

born

Thomas

Lanier

Williams

but

he

changed

“Thomas”

to

“Tennessee”

in

1939.

He

was

born

in

Columbus,

Mississippi,

in

1911.

Several

years

later,

the

family

moved

to

the

University

City

neighborhood

of

St.

Louis,

Missouri.

In

1929

attended

the

University

of

Missouri,

and

dropped

out

in

1932

because

of

poverty.

He

finally

earned

a

degree

in

1938

from

the

University

of

Iowa.

His

first

play,

Battle

of

Angels

,

proved

to

be

such

a

fiasco

that

he

did

not

surface

again,

until

1945

when

The

Glass

Menagerie

won

him

international

recognition.

After

that

he

kept

writing

at

the

rate

of

every

two

years

and

enjoyed

popularity

all

along.

He

was

also

a

novelist

and

a

poet.

He

wrote

a

novel,

two

volumes

of

poetry,

and

six

volumes

of

prose,

including

three

collections

of

short

stories.

田纳西·威廉斯(1911—1983)是美国最伟大的剧作家之一。

他的原名是托马斯·拉尼尔·威

廉斯，

1939

年他把

“托马斯”

改为

“田纳西”

。

他于

1911

年出生在密西西比州的哥伦布市。

几年后随全家移居密苏里州的圣路易斯城。1929

年他进入密苏里大学学习，但是在

1932

年因贫困被迫辍学。后来又入大学，1938

年从爱荷华大学获得学士学位。他的第一部剧本

《天使之战》

遭遇惨败。

直到

1945

年

《玻璃动物园》

的上演，

他才得以扬名世界。

这之后，